Wearable mud pan holder

ABSTRACT

A wearable mud pan, including a body including a plurality of walls and a base that form a storage compartment to store an object therein, a backboard corresponding to one of the walls, and at least one handle disposed on a surface of the backboard.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The present general inventive concept relates generally to a mud pan holder, and specifically, to a wearable mud pan holder.

2. Description of the Related Art

For construction workers, sheetrock finishers, and drywallers, it can be hard to find a location to keep all their supplies securely by their side, including but not limited to mud pans. Currently, there exists room for improvement on mud pans that has not been addressed.

Therefore, there is a need for a mud pan that is readily accessible to workers.

There is also a need for a mud pan that prevents workers from soiling their attire.

SUMMARY

The present general inventive concept provides a wearable mud pan.

Additional features and utilities of the present general inventive concept will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the general inventive concept.

The foregoing and/or other features and utilities of the present general inventive concept may be achieved by providing a wearable mud pan, including a body including a plurality of walls and a base that form a storage compartment to store an object therein, a backboard corresponding to one of the walls, and at least one handle disposed on a surface of the backboard.

The at least one handle may include an aperture to receive a belt therethrough such that a user may wear the wearable mud pan such that the backboard contacts at least one of a stomach and hip of the user.

The backboard may have a larger surface area than the other of the plurality of walls.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and/or other features and utilities of the present generally inventive concept will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a top angled view of a wearable mud pan to receive mud from a mud dispenser, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Various example embodiments (a.k.a., exemplary embodiments) will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in which some example embodiments are illustrated. In the figures, the thicknesses of lines, layers and/or regions may be exaggerated for clarity.

Accordingly, while example embodiments are capable of various modifications and alternative forms, embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the figures and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit example embodiments to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, example embodiments are to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure. Like numbers refer to like/similar elements throughout the detailed description.

It is understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” or “directly coupled” to another element, there are no intervening elements present. Other words used to describe the relationship between elements should be interpreted in a like fashion (e.g., “between” versus “directly between,” “adjacent” versus “directly adjacent,” etc.).

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes” and/or “including,” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which example embodiments belong. It will be further understood that terms, e.g., those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art. However, should the present disclosure give a specific meaning to a term deviating from a meaning commonly understood by one of ordinary skill, this meaning is to be taken into account in the specific context this definition is given herein.

FIG. 1 illustrates a top angled view of a wearable mud pan 100 to receive mud 2 from a mud dispenser 1, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept.

The wearable mud pan 100, and all components therein, may be made from at least one of metal, glass, plastic, rubber, and ceramic, but is not limited thereto.

The mud 2 may include plaster, paint, cement, or any other type of mud known to one of ordinary skill in the art that is used by workers to construct or renovate a building structure.

Referring to FIG. 1, the wearable mud pan 100 may include a body 110, a storage compartment 120, a backboard 130, and at least one handle 140.

The body 110 may include a first wall 110 a, a second wall 110 b, a third wall 110 c, a fourth wall 110 d (i.e., four walls 110 a-110 d), and a base 110 e.

The combination of the four walls 110 a-110 d and the base 110 e form the storage compartment 120, and may function to store objects therein, including, but not limited to, the mud 2, tools, nails, etc.

The mud 2 may be poured into the storage compartment 120 from the mud dispenser 1, but is not limited thereto.

The backboard 130 may include the at least one handle 140 disposed on (i.e., attached to) a surface thereof.

The backboard 130 may be an outer portion of the fourth wall 110 e, and may have a larger surface area (i.e., is higher) than the other walls 110 a, 110 b, and 110 c, in order to function to protect a wearer (i.e., a user, person, worker, etc.) from the mud 2.

More specifically, the wearer may insert a belt 3 through an aperture 141 of the at least one handle 140, such that the user may wear the belt 3 such that the backboard 130 rests on the wearer's stomach and/or hip. As such, if the wearer (who is wearing the wearable mud pan 100) attempts to use the mud 2, the backboard 130 protects the wearer's garments from mud splatters as mud is extracted by the user from the storage compartment 120.

Although a few embodiments of the present general inventive concept have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the general inventive concept, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents. 

1. A wearable mud pan, comprising: a body comprising a plurality of walls and a base that form a storage compartment to store an object therein, such that three of the plurality of walls have a same height, such that the base has a length at least greater than a height of each of the three of the plurality of walls; a backboard corresponding to one of the walls to have a height that is higher that the three of the plurality of walls; and at least one handle disposed on a surface of the backboard.
 2. The wearable mud pan of claim 1, wherein the at least one handle comprises: an aperture to receive a belt therethrough such that a user may wear the wearable mud pan such that the backboard contacts at least one of a stomach and hip of the user.
 3. The wearable mud pan of claim 1, wherein the backboard has a larger surface area than the other of the plurality of walls. 